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Resident and Fellow Policy Manual

Appendix 1 - Reporting Duty Hour Violations:

As a trainee, if you are concerned about a possible duty hour violation, you are encouraged to first speak with your program director.  Should you feel that you have exhausted that route or don't feel comfortable in approaching your program director, then use the Medical Director's Safety/Quality Hotline as described below.

If there is a duty hour violation that a trainee would like to report, this can be done through the Medical Director's Safety/Quality Hotline.  This hotline has a routing method to ensure that the call gets to a person, not phone mail, during normal business hours.  After hours, it does go to phone mail.  The system is confidential as the people who staff the hotline handle highly confidential safety and quality issues.  The system can and will also handle anonymous calls but the institution's ability to respond to that type of call may be difficult because of the possible non-specific nature of the comment.  All issues get screened and then go to the Medical Director's office for follow up.  The Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education will be notified regarding all work hour issues.  The number to call is 273-2273.